In 1913 a group of well known talented billiard players held meetings at the Exchange Hotel in Grenfell St. Adelaide and formed the Amateur Billiards Association of South Australia. Mr. S.J. Jacobs was appointed President, Mr. C.J. Graves, Secretary and Mr. E.G. Crispin, Treasurer. The first State Billiards championships were held in July 1913 under the auspices of Mr. Brady at his Palace Billiard Rooms in Adelaide Arcade. Billiards being played exclusively until the first State Snooker championships was held in 1924. In 1923 South Australia hosted the Australasian Billiards Championships.

Australian National Billiards

In 1906 New South Wales and Victoria organised a match in Melbourne at Alcock's Rooms, Elizabeth St. Melbourne of their current State champions with a view to proposing a National Billiards Championship for 1907.